In a united effort to stop New Jersey’s assault on gun rights, groups are doing everything possible to convince Garden State politicians their proposed legislation is unconstitutional.
“New Jersey already has among the strictest gun laws in the nation,” said Scott L. Bach, executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, the state’s premier second amendment organization and official National Rifle Association state affiliate.
Currently everything about firearms is banned except where the state narrowly allows it, said the former auxiliary police captain. “Ownership, possession, use, transportation, transfer, and sale are all illegal in the state of New Jersey except for tiny, confusing exemptions.”
In reaction to the Newtown tragedy, legislators introduced gun control laws in January that range from the sublime to the ridiculous, he said. “More than 80 new bills are pending.”
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